Editorials

President Trump on Monday touted “big progress” on talks to end the Ukraine war, and Kyiv is doubtless willing to make painful concessions to avoid surrender or U.S. abandonment.  No one wants the war to…

For several months, an ancient voyager unlike any other before has been visiting our small patch of the universe. In calling our visitor ancient, we mischaracterize its age as that word implies something several thousand…

President Trump’s lawfare revenge tour has gone bust. A judge on Monday dismissed the Justice Department’s cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that Lindsey Halligan wasn’t…

Who decided to leave Robert F. Kennedy Jr. home alone at the Health and Human Services Department? Without adults to supervise the Secretary, he’s damaging public trust in immunizations, and now the Centers for Disease…

The news of a data center coming to Iola is garnering backlash, the most specious being that its electric demands will raise utility rates for the rest of us. That’s not the case. Vine Energy…

The verdict is still out whether the public will have full access to the Epstein files. That’s because it’s at the discretion of the Justice Department just how much of the federal investigation it will…

The United States government often advances its national interests by working with nasty people, and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is one of the nastiest.  It’s one thing, however regrettable, to deal reluctantly…

The Heritage Foundation debacle isn’t over. The decision of Kevin Roberts, the conservative think tank’s president, to embrace podcaster Tucker Carlson, criticize those who push back on Mr. Carlson’s Jew-baiting and friendly interview with Hitler…

As the White House toys with the no-joke prospect of actually invading Venezuela out of (understandable) ire at the government of (reprehensible) strongman Nicolas Maduro, a damning new Human Rights Watch report says that 252…

Members of the Trump administration have floated a new proposal to address the nation’s housing crisis. It’s a dud. They should stick to the basics. President Donald Trump took to Truth Social last weekend to…